Culture screening strep group a at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon

11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$239.25

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$725.00

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$3.32 with Texas Healthspring vs $33.04 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Healthspring MM $3.32 ↓ -99%
Community First Med Adv MM $3.96 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $3.96 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star KM $3.96 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $3.96 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Chip KM $3.96 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare All Payer $4.54 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $6.18 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Chip KM $6.18 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $6.18 ↓ -97%
Coventry First Health MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Choice MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Plus MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna Chip KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna Star KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Molina Chip KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Molina Star Plus KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Chip KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Kids KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Allwell Superior Health MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Triwest VA MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Community First Chip KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Community First Star KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Community First Star Kids KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
El Paso First KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
First Care KM $6.63 ↓ -97%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $6.83 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $6.83 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6.96 ↓ -97%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $6.96 ↓ -97%
US Imaging Network PPO $7.09 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7.16 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MM $7.16 ↓ -97%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $7.29 ↓ -97%
Imperial Health Plan MM $7.29 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MM $7.29 ↓ -97%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $7.96 ↓ -97%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $8.62 ↓ -96%
Christus Health HIX $9.28 ↓ -96%
Aetna New Business $11.83 ↓ -95%
Aetna HMO $13.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna POS $13.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna EPO $13.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna PPO $13.14 ↓ -95%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $13.26 ↓ -94%
Community First Health Plan HMO $14.52 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways PPO $14.85 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $17.04 ↓ -93%
Humana Choicecare $17.45 ↓ -93%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $18.15 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $20.75 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $21.02 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $21.45 ↓ -91%
Multiplan PPO $21.45 ↓ -91%
First Health PPO $21.45 ↓ -91%
Phcs PPO $21.45 ↓ -91%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $23.10 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $23.34 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $24.60 ↓ -90%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $24.75 ↓ -90%
Cigna New Business $26.09 ↓ -89%
Beech Street PPO $26.40 ↓ -89%
Health Management Network PPO $26.40 ↓ -89%
Provider Select PPO $26.40 ↓ -89%
HealthSmart PPO $26.40 ↓ -89%
National Choicecare PPO $31.35 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $33.04 ↓ -86%

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